When I was in college we had a few foreigners on our team. One of them was a home run. Played #1 all four years, became a great teammate/leader. Other two were kind of an unknown quantity coming in but still got money because of a perceived higher ceiling. One guy was regularly in the lineup and shuffled around between the 3 and 5 spot. The third guy got owned in practice and never cracked the lineup. He got money to sit on the bench.